Ice-can.



Patented July 29, I902.-

F. n. SWANEY.

ICE CA N.

(Application filed June 13, 1901.)

(No Model.)

Patented July 29, I902.

. D. SWANEY.

ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FLETCHER D. SWANEY, OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HERBERT GALER; OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

ICE-CAN.

SPECIFIQATIQN forming part jof'Letters mama; 705,883, dated July 29, 1902.

Application filed June 13, 1901.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FLETCHERD. SWANEY,a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City,in the county of Wyandotte and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ice-Cans, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relatesto ice-cans of that class adapted to receive and have water frozen therein, and more particularly to that type whereby the use of rivets as a means of uniting the parts of the can are dispensed with, my object being to produce a can of this character capable of successfully resisting the great strains incident to the manufacture ofv ice and which can be manufactured more quickly and cheaply than "the riveted cans.

' The invention consists in certain peculiarities of construction and organization hereinafter described and subsequently pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a view partly in side elevation and partly in longitudinal section on the line I I of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is an edge View of the can, partly broken away. Fig.3 isa top view of the can in course of construction. Fig. 4. is a horizontal section taken on the line IV IV of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a section taken on the dotted line V V of Fig. 2,'but showing the can in course of construction. Fig. 6 is a foreshortened perspective View of one section of the body portion in one of the preliminary stages of its construction.

The body portion of the can is composed of two similar sections of sheet metahsuch asgalvanized steel, which when secured together form the sides and edges of the can. These portions are bent on gradually-converging lines to give the proper taper to the can, the intermediate portions 1 composing the sides and the outer portions2 the edges of the can,-the proximate outer portions of said sections being-interlocked together in a manner presently described. The upper and lower ends of said sections at their-bending points or corners are provided with incisions 3 4, and the outer portions are provided with tongues extending from the horizontal plane Serial No. 64.,466. (no model.)

of-the upper ends of incisions 4 to a horizon- 5o tal plane about twice the length of incisions 3 from the upper ends of the sections, as shown clearly in Fig. 6, and said longitudinal or vertical tongues are bent back to a plane parallel to the outer portions 2, so as to provide the outwardly disposed'hooks 5. The sections are fitted together, as shown in Figs. 3and at, with the i closed ends of said hooks 5 in contact, and are reliably interlocked together by means of the interlocking plates or strips 6,

said plates being formed at their inner sides with inwardly-disposed hooks 7, engaging hooks 5, as shown clearly in Fig. 4. In practice the interlocking plates are slid longitudiflnally to the position shown and then pressed freezing operation is in progress, it being understood, of course, that the interlocking plates 6 are of the same length as hooks 5.

8 designates the bottom of the can, the same being fitted snugly in the lower end of the body portion to a horizontal plane above the lower ends of hooks 5 about equal to the distance between the lower ends of said hooks and the lower margins of the body portion, the depending flanges 9 of the bottom projecting beyond the lower margin of the body portion about one-third their length, as shown'by dotted lines in Fig. 1, and said flanges are then bent upwardly and outwardly around the lower margin of the body portion, as indicated at a in the last-named figure, and hammered or compressed tightly in such position. The triple folds, composed of the doubled flanges 9 and the interposed portionof the body portion, are now bent upwardly in a plane coincidental with the upper ends of incisions at to the position indicated in full lines, Figs. 1 and 2, said triple- 'fold portion being hammered or compressed tightly back against the outer sides and edges of the body portion, so as to provide for the can below and protecting its bottom 8 a depending flange, consisting of five thicknesses of sheet metal, and therefore of great ing strain exerted on the botto'mis resisted by the interlocked upwardly-disposed books 10, produced on the body portion by the bending operation referred to, and the downwardly-disposed hooks 9, formed, as hereinbefore described, by first bending flanges 9 up around the lower end of the body portion. Any contracting strain exerted on the bottom is resisted by the closed ends of the upwardly-disposed hooks 10, formed on the body portion. At the lower corners of the can, between the depending quintuple flanges described, solder is applied, as at 11, (see Fig. 4,) solder being omitted from Figs. 1 and 2 to avoid obscuring the drawings unnecessarily, and owing to the fact that the lower ends of interlocking strips 6 are above the upper ends of incisions 4; the triple fold on the edges is consequently formed with a jog 12 to accommodate the central swelling of the edges on the can produced by said plates and hooks 5. This is the preferred construction, though it is obvious it would involve no departure from the invention to terminate said hooks 5 and interlocking strips 6 in the plane of the bottom, and therefore avoid the necessity of forming a jog 12 in said triple portions.

The upper end of the can in the plane of the lower ends of incisions 3 is bent outward, as indicated by arrows b, to provide horizontal flanges 13 at its sides and edges, and snugly embracing the can between the upper ends of interlocking strips 6 and said flanges 13 is a reinforce-band 14 of the usual type.

15 designates a band snugly encircling the reinforce-band 14 and provided at its lower margin and inner side with an upwardly-disposed annular hook 16, embracing tightly the lower edge of said band 14;, and at its upper margin said band is provided originally at its outer side with an outwardly projecting flange, (see Fig. 5,) which flange in the course of the cans construction lies snugly against the under side of the top flanges 13, said top flanges being shown clearly in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 5. The flanges 13 project a distance about equal to the width of said band-flange beyond the latter, as shown clearly in Fig. 5, in order that they may be bent back under said outwardly projecting flange to form hooks which tightly embrace said band-flange, and then be subsequently bent together with said flange to the position shown in full lines, Fig. 1, where it will be seen the band-flange, is transformed into a depending hook 17 and the hook of the can-flanges 13 into upwardlydisposed hooks l8, interlocked with said hooks 17, and therefore tending to support said reinforce-band reliably at the upper end of the can and eliminate any possibility of the same creeping or working downwardly, the prin cipal function of the latter being to strengthen and lend rigidity to the can and of the former to support said reinforce or strengthening band in its proper position, and in this connection it will be understood that the interlocked relation between the can and band 15 provides a quintuple roll or rib, (see Fig. 1,) which in turn reinforces or stiffens the reinforce-band. The can can be additionally stifiened by solidifying its quintuple roll or rib by applying solder at the seam or joint marked 0, and the can can be further stifiened by applying solder at the seams marked 61 and e. The can can also be soldered at the seam or joint formed at the junction of the bottom and the body portions of the can and also in the seams f, extending from the bottom to the top of the can at the point of contact of the hooks 5. (See Fig. 4.) By soldering these inner seams or joints the inner surface of the can is made perfectly smooth and regular, so that the ice may be extracted more expeditiously and economically, as with cans of the riveted type, with the heads of the rivets forming an irregular surface in the interior of the can, considerable ice is melted before the block can be withdrawn from the can.

From the above description it will be apparent that I have produced an ice-can embodying the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of invention and which is obviously susceptible of modification in its detail construction and organization without departing from the spirit or scope or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An ice-can,comprising a body portion, constructed of two similar sections formed at their outer sides with hooks 5, terminating short of the upper ends of the sections; plates 6, provided with hooks 7, interlocked with hooks 5, said plates terminating at their upper ends coincidently with said hooks 5 a bottom; a reinforced band, encircling the body portion above said hooks 5 and plates 6; and a second band, the same being provided with a hook above hooks 5 and plates 6, and underlying the reinforce-band, and interlocked with the upper end of the body portion, substantially as described.

2. An ice-can, comprising a body portion constructed of two similar sections formed at their outer sides with hooks 5 and at their lower ends with external upwardly-disposed hooks 10, the outer portions of said hooks lapping the lower ends of said sections and their hooks 5; plates 6, provided with hooks 7 interlocked with hooks 5, said plates terminating at their lower ends flush with said hooks 5, so to be also lapped by said hooks 10; and a bottom, fitting in the body portion and provided with upwardly-disposed hooks 9, externally embracing hooks 10, and downwardly-disposed hooks 9", interlocked with hooks 9, substantially as described.

3. An ice-can provided with upwardly-disposed hooks at its upper end, a reinforceband encircling the upper end of the can, and a band encircling and interlocked with the reinforce-band to prevent it moving downwardly, and provided at its upper margin and outer side with a downwardly-disposed hook 1o engaging the upwardly-disposed hooks of the can, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FLETCHER D. SWANEY.

Witnesses:

G. Y. THORPE, F. G. FISCHER. 

